The Biggest Sectors Investing In eSports

"If you are a CMO and you are not in eSports in 2017, you are going to risk getting fired," says Tobias Sherman, former head of eSports at WME-IMG. There’s no way around it, eSports is on the rise. Competitive gaming was an alien concept just a few years ago but now it is on the cusp of becoming a billion-dollar industry. The growth of the sport has been exceptional and with increasing popularity comes heavy investment. From Amazon to Facebook, multi-billion dollar companies are putting large sums of money into this relatively new sector.

Every sporting sector has its own dominant providers of equipment. Football and basketball has Nike and Adidas, Golf has Titleist and Taylor Made and eSports has its own brands too. BenQ and Razer are some of the top brands trusted by players with the latter now being valued as a billion-dollar company. Alienware is hugely popular for computers while companies like Logitech at the forefront for gaming keyboards and other accessories.

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Review: Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

Updated on Friday, October 27, 2017 at 9:53AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google has stepped up its hardware game in 2017. Aside from a S, M and L version of the Google Home smart speaker, it is also fielding an all new premium Pixelbook 2-in-1, an intriguing smart assistant-powered Pixel Buds headset (with real-time translation), and a new Clips A.I. powered camera.

The showstoppers, however, are the updated Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones which epitomize Google's renewed focus on A.I., machine learning and premium smartphone experiences. Let's dive in.

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OnePlus 5T tipped to be coming after November 20th

We’ve heard tons of rumours about the OnePlus 5T (and whether or not it’s coming to the market). But the latest one from Evan Blass (@evleaks), who is known to leak pretty accurate information, gives credence to the release of the upcoming device. Blass claims the OnePlus 5T will be sporting the popular 18:9 display aspect ratio and that it’ll be coming out near the end of next month. The estimated arrival will be after November 20^th.

Some of the other rumours we’ve heard about the phone in the past include a 20MP + 20MP dual camera setup, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, and possibly a modest 3,450mAh battery bump. The last one is based off what OnePlus did with the 3T.

Source: GSMArena

You can now add a friend to Instagram Live Stories

If you think your Instagram Lives have been getting a bit lonely and dull, the app will now let you add a friend to join your live stream. The catch is your friend has to be watching your Live Story to join in. So make sure to let that person know you want them to live stream with you ahead of time. It’s pretty simple to setup. You just need to tap on the two smiley faces seen at the bottom of the screen (beside the comments text box). From there, your screen will be split horizontally and you just need to select the username of the person you want to stream with. If you want to take them out of the stream, you just need to tap on the X button on their screen. Just like a regular Live Story, you can add filters and the like as well as opt to not make the video available for 24 hours.

Source: CNET